Longmont-area events for the week of Oct. 7: St. Vrain Valley School District Band Night is 6 p.m. Wednesday

Longmont Times-Call

Posted:
10/07/2013 08:51:23 AM MDT

Updated:
10/07/2013 08:53:08 AM MDT

St. Vrain Valley School District Band Night is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Everly-Montgomery Field
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Greg Lindstrom
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Today

Chess Club is at 7 p.m. at the Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Players of all ages welcome, best for ages 7 and older. Go to ci.longmont.co.us/library or call 303-651-8470.

Leveraging Cultures with Devin Hibbard begins at 7:30 p.m. at Chautauqua Community House and Terrace, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder. Hibbard will discuss the chance encounter with a paper-bead maker in Uganda and how it led to beadforlife.org. Tickets are $7 with membership, $10 without. Go to chautauqua.com.

St. Vrain Valley School District Band Night is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Everly-Montgomery Field at Longmont High School, 1040 Sunset St., Longmont. The night features area high schools as well as the Denver Broncos Stampede drumline. Donations will be collected for flood relief through the Longmont Community Foundation. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 for kids; children 6 years old and younger are admitted free. Visit svvsd.org/events/svvsd-band-night.

Thursday

Linda Meyer, a Colorado State University agricultural and natural-resources archivist, discusses the history of agriculture in Erie at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Erie Community Center, 450 Powers St., Erie. Admission is free. Call 888-861-7323.

Friday

Second Friday is from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, on Main Street in downtown Longmont. Come downtown to see what's new in the various art galleries.

Ofrenda Workshop with Robert Yancey starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Learn about the traditional customs of building a Day of Dead altar. Pre-registration is required; call 303-651-8374 or go to longmontmuseum.org.

Longmont History and Mystery Tour begins at 7 p.m. and the Late Night Ghost Tour begins at 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Cost is $20 per person, $35 per couple, $15 for those 16 years and younger and 60 and older. Call 303-775-7137 or email spookslongmont@gmail.com for reservations.

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